You start addressing people in real life as their Twitter name. (ex. “Hello, CurlyHoward.”)

Other people frequently have to wait up for you as you stand still typing into your phone.

You time out real conversations by saying, “Hold up! I have to tweet this!”

You find yourself signing your name with the @ symbol. (ex. “sincerely, @thompsonland)

You apologize for tweeting too much. (“Sorry, guys, I went over the 5 tweet-per-day limit.”)

You think you should teach a social media class to tell everyone in your town how to tweet better.

You are quick to defend Twitter against attacks from non-Tweeps. (example: Your Mom: “I just don’t understand these kids today and the Twitter.” You: “Actually, Twitter can be a great source of news in the world. )

You find yourself hand-waving and eye-rolling when someone mentions Facebook.(“Pssshh.. Twitter is way better than Facebook.”)

You are suddenly the news expert in your home. (“No! I read on Twitter that wasn’t true! Darn you, Brian Williams!”)

You are generally the first to find out when a celebrity has died or done something crazy! (“Did you see the trending topics in the last five minutes?”)

You find yourself having a meltdown if your favorite celebrity shows up in a trending topic. (“OMG! Did Pat Sajak die? Why is he a trending topic?”)

You know who web celebrities are and when you mention their names, everyone looks at you like you’re a crazy pig farmer. (“Hey guys, you hear that Joel Comm is going to be in Atlantic City this weekend? How crazy is that?” – blank stares in room)

It drives you crazy if you have to actually update your Facebook status because the connection to Twitter is busted.

When Twitter’s server crashes or gives the “whale” background because of the traffic, you secretly wonder if it’s your fault.

By the time MySpace actually began allowing Twitter integration, you had blasted MySpace all over the Internet.

Twitter has replaced Google for your web searches. (“Hey, anybody out there know how to cook a Thanksgiving turkey?” – yes, I tweeted that one year. Got some good auto-mechanic advice, too.)

You don’t let it be known that you actually Tweet from Twitter.com. Instead, you use one of the many Twitter apps (ex. Echofon, TweetDeck, Hootsuite, etc.)

You find it cool to let it be known that you ONLY use the native Twitter.com app on your iPhone or Android Phone.

When someone mentions Gary Vaynerchuk, you beam with pride and dream of a day when you’ll be a better social marketer.

You tweet at celebrities a lot in the hopes that someday, @aplusk(Twitter for Ashton Kutcher) will tweet back at you. Oh, that would be the day.

You were crushed when you found out someone had beat you to your full name for your Twitter name (you now go by @TimJohnson00542)

When a celebrity did tweet back at you, you told your friends about it for a week!(hence, my newfound friendship with Sinbad – only he doesn’t follow me back.)

You’re the only person in a committee, group, or event that is asking what the Hashtag is for that event. (“Hey, can we call this year’s Former Circus Clowns conference #fcclowns2011 for our followers on Twitter?”)